State legislators are upset with Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration's decision to pay a contractor $4 million to find ways to save the state money.

Written by

Mike Hasten
mhasten@gannett.com

BATON ROUGE - Legislators upset with the Jindal administration paying a contractor $4 million to find ways to save the state money slammed a top administration official Wednesday.

Assistant Commissioner of Administration Ruth Johnson said the contract with Alvarez and Marsal, a New York firm, is expected to yield $500 million in savings, so it's worth it.

But members of the House and Governmental Affairs Committee say they believe it's money that could have been used to meet state needs, especially after they were told by the governor that there was no money left. ...